Road-vehicle



(No Model.) 4 Sheets-Sheet 1. G.E.DUR YEA. ROAD VEHICLE.

No. 540,648. Patented June 11, 1895.

(No Model.)

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C. E. DURYEA. ROAD VEHICLE.

Patented June 11, 1895.

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.Patented June 11, 1895.

O. E. DURYEA.

' ROAD VEHICLE.

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Patented June 11, 1895.

C. E. DURYEA. ROAD VEHICLE.

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES cuARLEs npuni'slx,

PATENT OFFICE.

or Piionm, ILLINOIS.

"ROAD-VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 540,648 dated June 11, 1895.

Application filed April 30, 1894.

To all whom it mag concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. DURYEAfa "citi'z en'of the United States, residing at Peoria,

in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois,

have-i'nvented-new and useful Improvements in Road-Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

i The object of thisinvention is to produce a road vehicle which shall be self-propelled, not unduly heavy, simple and easy of control and .comparatively inexpensive, together with ning gear frame, and tothe means for elfectsuch minor objects as will become hereinafter apparent.-

The inventionmore particularly relates to constituting the driving gearing and to the means for controlling the action thereof; -to an improved manner of mounting the front, or steering, wheels upon the front axle, and of mounting the said axle relative to the run ing the steering; to the appliances for the support of the motor and driving mechanism in an advantageous and efiicicnt manner, and, generally, to'improved and simplified details of constr'uction throughout the vehicle, allas will hereinafter be rendered more apparent,

apd the invention consists in constructions and combinations of parts, allsubstantially as will hereinafter fully appear and be set :forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to'the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional elevation from front torear of the improved road-vehicle. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the running and driving gear,

the vehicle-bodybeing understood as removed. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the vehicle. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the support and suspension devices for. the driving mechanism.

Fig. 5 is'a vertical sectional 'view, longitudinally, through the shiftable driving-gear, the

controlling devices employed in conjunction with this mechanism being seen in side elevation. vFigs. 6 and 7 show the above-mom tione'd controlling devices as in operative re-' lations diifcring the one from the other and also from vthatoli Fig. 5.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of the views.

jIhe parts will now be described in detail-- w th reference to said drawings, and'A rep- ,of this one shown.

Serinllil'o. 569,466. (In model.)

resents the body which is spring supported on the frame, B, of the running gear. This frame, as shown, is rectangular, and has the body-supporting springs, B, similar to those found in common carriages. This frame has, aflixed thereto, at its rear ends, sleeves, a, (1,

- which loosely embrace the re'arwheel axle, D,

which is the driven axle of the vehicle. The axle, E, for the front wheels is centrally secured to the running gear frame, B, by the horizontal king'bolt, b,-whereby' such axle may have a swinging movement relative to the frame in a vertical plane, but it has no swinging movement horizontally,- the wheels being swivelm'ounte'd on the ends of this axle peculiarly, as will shortly hereinafter be set forth. v

' The body, as shown, is in the form of an inverted box, the-motor, H, and driving gear being accommodated within the downwardly opening inclosure constituted thereby, and the body also has the upwardly open box-like forward extension, or pit, A, for the accommodation of the feet of the rider, the riders seat being constituted by the top forwardpor- .tion .of the'box body. 'Some other suitable design of body may, of course, housed in lieu The front wheel d, d, are hung to the front axle, E, so that the center of each wheel base is in a. line coincident with the axis of the pivotel con nection'which is provided between the journals for the wheels and the axle, which arrangement practically destroys any tendency to deflection from the course that might otherwise a'rise from striking an obstacle, and so renders the steering easier. In order to effect this the axle is formed with yoked ends, the yoke members, 1, f; being above and below the longitudinal line of the axle. The short'journal, g, shown for each wheel, has at its inner end an upwardly and downwardly extended arm, h, which is return-bent to be loosely embraced by the axle yoke, f, f. The

cone pointed screws, 0, passed through the yoke members, f, and into socketstherefor in between the journals and axle yokes are inside of the plane of rotation of the wheels, in order that the coinciding axes of the two pivots may be in a line which may be produced to intersect the center of "the wheel base,'that is, the tread part at rest upon the ground. Such pivots are inclined, as seen in Fig. 3, and the said line with which they are coincident is indicated by the letter, 1 In order to permit this arrangement, an underhanging member,f, of the yoke and oueof the underhangin; journal members, are extended outwardly a little farther than are the opposite overhanging members of the yoke and journal. This is, however, merely a matter of. design.

Each of the swiveling journals, g, is provided at its butt, or inner end, with inwardly and rearwardly extending levers, 2', the pair of which are by the connecting rods, iiin engagement with the arm, i which projects forwardly through a mortise at the lower extremity of the tubular steering post,j, which is mounted in suitable sleeve-bearings, j supported at the front of the vehicle body or to some equipment thereof. It is evident that forwardly, obliquely projecting levers would serve the same purpose. The aforesaid lever arms, 2', 1', having the same degree of angularity' to the normal running plane of the front; wheels, which may be approximately thirty degrees, are arranged by the connections, mentioned, to be moved in unison; but it will be apparent from an inspection of the drawings, that upon a given degree of traverse cf the connecting rods, *5, 1?, in consequence of a corresponding turning of the tubular steering post,j, the wheel which is at the side toward which the vehicle is to be turned will have a considerable more deflection than the opposite wheel so thatboth wheels may describe arcs of differeht circles and thereby there will be no sidewise scrap ing movement of the wheels over the ground or pavements in rounding corners. This re sult is dependent upon the principle,tha.t as the rods, '8, are'thrust in either direction, transversely, they act upon one lever-arm,.i-, which, as the movement proceeds, becomes more nearly at right angles to th/eline of thrust .movement,to move it fartherthan the other arm which, as it swings, has its movement in a line less nearly at a rightjangle to the thrust movement. This is in a manner illustrated by dotted lines in Fig. 2.

The arm, 1, which is connected to the con-- necting rods, 1?, has a certain capability. forplay, relative to the lower end of the steering post,j, by reason of the vertical widening of the mortise, substantially as is indicated at so that any vertical springing movement of the post, j, in unison-with the body, may be without eifect upon the steering gear.

Speaking generally, the rear wheelaxle, D, is driven from the running of the motor, H, by reasonofthe latter driving the transverse crank-shaft, J, which has a bevel gear eugage= ment with the longitudinal shaft, K, which' latter is (by changeable gearing) geared to the longitudinal counter-shaft, L, while this counter shaft, L, 'has a pinion, M, which meshes with the wheel axle.

It will be here observed that very peculiar and novel arrangements of gearing and clutch mechanism are provided in conjunction with gear, G, of theaforesaid rear the shafts, K and L, whereby, at pleasure, un-

dera continuous runningof the motor, the shafts, K and L, may have either no motion, a forward driving rotation in two or more degrees of speed, or the reversed rotation, for driving the vehicle backward, and this gearing for driving, accelerating, and reversing will be now described, followed by a descrip- Now itwill be noticed that there are, loosely surrounding the longitudinal shaft, K, three spur gear wheels, I, m, and r1, of diiferent diameters, and these mesh with spur gear wheels, 7?, m and 'n", on the longitudinal counter shaft, 0. Each of the said gears,l,"

m, and n, has its hub constituted to form one member ofa clutch while upon the said shaft, K, are three corresponding annular clutch members, I, m, and n, which are spline engaged with their shaft to rotate therewith, but to have longitudinal movements thereon. Now the shaft, K, being constantl y turned through its gear, P, will impart rotary motion to such one of the spurgears, l, m, or n, as'has its clutch memberin mesh therewith, andthen correspondingly, of course,will be driven the shaft, L, and driving axle, D. The bevel-gear, 0, also has its hub formed to constitute one member of a clutch while the coacting clutch member, O,is constituted by a part of a sleeve which surrounds and is spline-engaged with a sleevelike extension-hub, e, of one of the the spur gears mounted on shaft, K, namely, in t the 'present'instance, the one, Z. N ow, there. fore, if none of the clutches, l, m, or n, are forced into clutch with their aforesaid corresponding gears, but if member, 0', is in clutch with gear, 0, such gear will cause the reversed rotation of the gear, Z, and gear, 1 shaft, L, andaxle, D, even while the shaft, K, constantly runs in its original direction, (for the direction of rotation of shaft, K, is constant.)

Each, clutch member, .n', Z, O, and in, is embraced by}; yoke, or shipper, formed on,

or carried by, the depending member of an angular shipper lever, l, m, n, or O,suitabl y mes "pivotally supported, as, for instance, on' the horizontally ranging longitudinal bar, .Q, which is seen'in Fig. l asmountedupon the same support for-the gearing described, a

' .5- niore complete description of which will be hereinafter given. Thehorizon'tal inelnbers ftheangle-levers have the upturned can. legs, 0, in which are rollers, o', -whil e above-f theed es of' these rollers is a bar, R, which to to each lever. 'It-willbeperceived, in specific gear, m.

reference, that this shipper operating bar, R, has a cam surface, w,-and a secondcam surface, z,'which latter is arranged in proximity to the shipper.- lever, 1n, for'tlie clutch 'of In Fig. 5, the cam-bar, R, is indicated as in such a position as to maintain gear,l,"(w'hieh is for the lowest speed) in clutch with the shaft, K, and while the cam surface, z, 'is to' the'right of the roller forshipper lever, A movement of the bar to the left so. far as to carry cam, 25, out of engagement with lever, Z, and to bring cam,--z,- into engagement with the shipper lever, m,'(see Fig. 6) will estab lish the next higher degree of running speed whereat shafts, K and L, run at the same rate,-gears, m and m, being equal while a still farther leftward movement of the bar, 40.

R, will place cam,'z, in its idle position (see Fig. 7 and will place cam, :c, in its position relative to shipper lever, nflfo'r the establish mentof the highest driving speed, whereupon shaft, L, runs so much faster than shaft, K, as gear, 2, exceeds in diameter gear, n,allas obvious, Now, presuming the machine to be running at the highest speed, and it'is dc.-

. cided to reverse-the bar. mnst'be moved to the right so far as to carry the cam, z, to engage and operate the shipper lever, 0, but it will be understoodthat before this action may ensue gears, 11:. and Z, will each be placed, for an instant, or momentarily, in, and then out of, clutch, so that the shaft,'L, cohiesj down to its lowest speed and stops its forward driving motion before the reversely run-' ning gear, 0,throngh' its clntch,0', causes the gearing, l, P, to cause the reverseddriving of the vehicle at the lowest driving speed.- It-is true-that while the machine is so operating, the shaft, K, -still continues its rotationin'the one given direction, but the sleeve and gear,'e, l, are nevertheless, rotated in the reverse direction.- I

In the illiis'trations given, the friction clutch devices are indicated as-co'negadapted for ,"D'. The axle-gear, G, is accom-modat'ed in the "working into, and out'of, the correspondinglythe hubs'of thezj'respectiire gear wheels, but, Of course,- the invention is -in nowiselimitedto any particul'ar'description of clutchme'chanism formed' sockets-of The driving'mechanism maybe supported in the present illustrations a'modeof hanging is shown which is novel, practical, and advantageous, and whichwillrbe nowdescribed. A rectangularframe, S ,-is'p rovided.which has the parallelrcsrwardlyfextended arms,- S*, B, which are-hnng-,upon"the driven axle,

space between thesefarms, and the longitudinal counter-sha'ft,-L,' is mounted in journal .bear ings in this frame'to have its bevel pin "upon-the vehicle in-apymanner desired,'but

ion, M, properly'immesh with said gear, G.

-Thei-'struts,S, S ;"ot this frame have the standards, 8, S,.' in. and through the journal .bcaringsof'which the shaft, K, is mounted.

T'j'repr'esents a frame which is somewhat of a a Y form and which has thelngs, 'q, q, by means ofwhich this frame is securedtothe body 6c Figs. 2. and 4),50 thatit will lie ina plane below the journals for shaft, K. This frame, T, is provided with the standard, .'l-'-,,hav ing at its head the f-transv'erse socket, .T, for re-. ceiving the stem, r. of a sleeve,- 1, orjournalstrap, which stands az'riallylongitudinally', and which embraces the said shaft, K,.and

constitutes the means whereby, through saidshaft, the

frame and fgearin'g hung therein; are upheld soifar as their forward end support is concerned. Theportion, t; which is indicated as an inclosing casing for the forward end of the motor, H, a'ndjwhich also GOIlStlr,

tntesth'e journal bearings fo'rthei motor crankshaft, J,is alsosupported on thisframe, while .the body of the motor, H,is furthermore supported on the rear cross spring, B, ot-the run" niu gear 'frame. The balancewheel, 9, which is upon the crank shaft is accommtr dated within the bifurcated portion of this framefl. It therefore becomes apparent that the drivinggearing is supported to ride easily and not to be afiected 'djsadv'antageously by the up and down movement of the body rela tively'to the running gear, or vice versa, or

- by any sidewise swaying of the body. It will furthermore be perceived (Figs. 1 and 4) that .the standards,- S.*,'of. the frame, 8, have the further upwardly and laterally exten ded arms, S, S, which constitute the supports for the bar, Q,,upon which'th'e clutch shipper levers are pivotally hung-sand which arms constitute, by the overturned me mbers,S, the guides for the-longitudinally movable cam-bar,- R.

The rollers, s, are provided for the eas'yrum ning-of the bar and the latter is held up to -these rollers by the support 'ofxthe shipper lovers, the horizontal armsof which are upheld by the springs, o, secured to such arms? and to the longitudinally rangi ngbar, sflwhich is supported by, and extended;

tops of the arms, 3'.

between, the

' Description willbenowgiven of the means for imparting the actuating movements, longi-r otally mounted at the middle tu'dinally, to the cam-bar,R; and, therefore, it

will be seen that there is a lever, u,'secured to, and standing above, the rock-shaft, n which is mounted on a; part of the frame, S. Another lever arm, to, depends from this rock-shaft and to. this a rod, w, is connected which forwardly extends to connection with the depend in}; arm of the elbow lever, U, which is pivfront part of the body. To the forwardly projecting horizontal arm of the said elbow lever, U, the lower end of the vertical thrust-rod, 'u, is connected. This th-rustrod plays axially within and through the tubular steering-post, j, aforementioned, the latter having an opening, 7, through its rear side above its lower end so that the offset lower part, '0 of the thrust-rod may be brought outside of the tubular post to permit the manner of connectionwith lever, U, shown. It will be here pointed out that the tubular steering post, j, has the rigidly affixed rearwardly extended trough-like arm, or bracket,

7' Now to the rear end of this bracket the handle-lever, w, is, intermediate between its ends, pivotally mounted so that it may have a swinging motion in a vertical plane, but so that any'movement which is given it laterally 4'5" v mount said lever, w, and arm will cause the corresponding lateral swinging of the bracket arm, J and the turning of the steering post, j, for the deflection of the wheels. The forward end of the said intermediately pivoted handle-lever is linked, or otherwise attached, to the thrust-rod, 1), so that the up will, according to the manipulation of the'lever, through the connections recited, place the cam-bar, R, in position. for the stoppage of the vehicle, or for the forward running thereof at any of the speeds, or for the backing, while the self-same lever, even while horizontal, or. in any of its .v'ertically swung positions, on being turned sidewise, will elfect the steering.

While, of course, the handle lever for opcrating-the speed gearing might be independently of the steering post arm, to

,j, in conjunc- -tion substantially as described, manifestly, is

very advantageous as it places the vehicle eutirely underthe control of one hand.

The motor, H, has only been referred to-in an incidental-manner, because the particular kind of motor to be em of this invention..

ployed forms no part It will be however 'mentioned that an engine operated by gasoline has beenem'ployed with efiicient results, and such a motor is considered efi'ici'ent and approved. In the drawings, W indicates a res- .ervoirunder the seat for the storage of the motor fluid. I g To further simplify the management of the vehicle, a starting device for the motor, consisting of a crank, K is fixed to the end of- .the shaft, K, and is in easy reach ofieratoiy-as he steps into the vehicle. .65

the op- By this disposition he avoids the" necessity of'going behind the-carriage to givc'jthe fly-wheel a mounted Having thus described my invention, what I claim, cut, is-- I 1. In a roadvehicle, the combination with a cross axle, or frame, of the wheels and wheel journals, and pivots for connecting said journ als with'the ends of the axle, which ivots are in lines substantially intersecting the center of the respective wheel bases, substantially as described.

2. In a road vehicle, a propelling mechanism and devicesfor regulating and controlling the same, and a steering wheel, or wheels, in combination with a handle adapted for movement in two different planes and connected with the steering wheel, or wheel s, whereby on being swung in the one plane it controls the steering of the vehicle, and also havinga connection with the propulsion controlling devices and adapted when swung in the other plane to operatethe latter, substantially as described. 3. In a road vehicle, the combination with a front cross axle, or frame, having yokeformed ends, of the wheels and independent wheel-journals, and pivots for connecting said journals with the members of the axle'yokes which pivots are in lines substantially intersecting the center of the respective wheel bases, substantially as described.

4. In a motor propelled road vehicle, the combination with the runninggear frame of the front wheel axle which is connected thereand desire to secure by Letters Patto by the horizontal pivot or king-bolt, and the L front wheels which are pivoted to the ext-remities of the axle, and which have lever arms which are extended diagonally rearwardly and inwardly, a steering post mounted for rotational movement at the front of the vehicle body and having the mortise,'j, at its lower end, the lever engaging through said mortise and-the connecting rods, z", 2", secured to said lever, j, and respectively to the wheel-journal-levers, substautially-asand for the purpose set forth. v

6. In aroad vehicle, the'coinbination with the front cross axle having at-its'ends the vertically standing yokes of the frontwheel journals, g, provided with the upperand lower er.

tensions, h, h, and the cone pointed screws,

engaging through the angle yoke members and; by their tapered extremitiessetting into sockscrews being in a common line which is di-j rected to intersect substantially-the center of j the wheel bases,

"substantially as described.

7. In a road vehicle, a motor-propelled shaft, J, having a bevel-gear, N, and a shaft, K, having thereon the fixed bevel-gear, I, and the loose bev'elgear, O, which are at opposite sides of, and both in mesh with, said gear, N; two gears,as Z and m,--each loose on shaft, K, and each forming a part of an independently operating driving connection between said shaft, K, and the driving axle of the vehicle; and individually operating mechanism which may either place said gear, on, in a clutch cngagement with the shaft, K, or the gear, 1, into clutch engagement with the said loose bevelgear, 0, substantially as-describcd.

S. In a road vehicle, a shaft, K, having a gear connection with-a driving'motor, and having loosely thereon several gears of unequal diameter, a counter shaft mounted in fixed bearings, parallel with said-shaft, K, and geared to the driving axle of the vehicle and having fixed gears thereon respectively permanently in mesh with the gears of the shaft, K, and separate mechanisms applied between the shaft, K, and its loose gears, operative, one at a time, for placing said loose gears in clutch withsaid shaft, and-means for individually operating said clutch mechanisms substantially as described.

9. In a road vehicle, a shaft, K, having a connection with a driving motor, and having loosely thereon several gears and a counter shaft, geared to the driving axle of the vehicle, having fixed gears thereon respectively in mesh with the gears of shaft, K, collars spline engaged with said shaft, K, and-constituting members ofclutches, the fellow members of which are comprised as parts of said loose gears, shipper levers for said splined clutch members, and means for actuating any determined one of said shipper levers, substantially as described.

10, In a road vehicle, a motor propelledshaft, J, having thereon the bevel gear wheel, N, and a shaft, K, having thereon the fixed bevel gear and a loose bevel gear which are at opposite sides of, and both in mesh with, said gear, N, a bevel gear, a wheel loose on said shaft, K, and forming partof a driving connection between said shaft and the driving axle of the vehicle, and mechanism for placingit in olntch'with the shaft, K, asleeve loose on shaft, K, carrying a gear wheel forming part of a reverse.drivingcounection'between said shaft audthe driving axle of the vehicle, and a clutch collar splined on said sleeve, and adapted to be placed in clutch with the aforesaid loose bevel gear, and means for placing said clutch mechanisms in operation, one at a time, substantially as described.

11. In a road vehicle, in combination, the motor propelled cross shaft, J, having the bevel gear thereon, the longitudinal shaft, K, and the parallel counter shaft, L, gearedto the dri vin gaxle of the vehicle, and said shaft, K, having thereon fixed and loose bevel gear wheels, P and O, atopposite sides of .the bevel gear N,-thc sleeve, e, loose on shaft K, carrying the gear wheel, Z, and other gear wheels of unequal size, as m and'n, loose 'on shaft, K, clutch collars splined on shaft, K, and adapted to engage correspondingclntch members on said gears, l, m, n, a clutch member splined on said sleeve and adapted to move endwise to mesh with the loose bevel gear, 0, and gears, P, m", if, on said shaft, L, in mesh with the gears, l, m, and 11, substantially as described.

12. In a road vehicle, a shaft, K, having a connection with a driving motor, and having thereon several change gearwheels forming parts of differential-driving connections for the driving axle of the vehicle, and sliding clutch members to be placed in clutch with said gears, shipper levers engagingsaid clutch members, and a'bar having one or more cam surfaces thereon so that'as it is moved end wise it may hold the said members, one at a time, through its shipper lever in clutch, and means for controlling the endwise movement: of said bar, substantially as described.

13. In a road vehicle, the combination with driving axle, D, with bevel gear, G, thereon, of the transverse motor shaft, J, with bevel gear, N fixed thereon, the longitudinal shaft, K, with fixed bevel gear, I, and loose bevel 95 gear, 0, both in mesh with, and at opposite sides of, gear N, to rotate in opposite-directions,'and the gears, I, m, and n, loose on shaft,

K, and the clutch members, l',m',n',spliued, forslide move mc'nt only, relative to said shaft, :00 K, and a sleeve extension, e, of the gear, I, having a clutch collar splined to slide along said sleeve extension, and to be placed in clutch with thesaid loose bevel gear, 0, the angular shipper lovers, 1 m; n, and 0*, havx0 ing engagement with said clutch collars and the endwise movable bar, R, having one or more cam projections for operating said shqr pcr lovers, the longitudinal counter shaft, L,

having the gears, 1 m and 11?, and having the no bevel gear, M, in mesh with the axle gear, G, all substantially as described and shown and for the purposes set forth.

14. In a road vehicle, the combination with the running gear and the body spring supn5 ported therefrom, of a frame, T, secured to, and depending below, said body, anda frame, S, hung at one end on the rear driven. axle and having standards with journal hearings in whichis snpportedthe shafgK, a strap or 12o collar, surrounding said shaft and having a transverse stem, 0' which is mounted for a rocking movement in a member of the body supported frame, T, amotor in driving connection with said shaft, K, and driving gear- 1:5

ing between said shaft and the rear wheel axle, substantially as described.

15. In a road vehicle, the combination with the running gear'and the body spring supported therefrom, of a. frame, '1, secured to, 1 0 and depending below, tbe body and having the standard with the transverse stem, 1-, set foirocking movement therein which stem has the j longitudinally ranging collar,r, of the frame,

3, having a rear end support from the rear wheel axle of '7 the vehicle and provided with I i the standards,S, S in journals of which is mounted the longitudinal shaft, K, ani ntermediate portion of which is embraced by said colltir, '7', thereby affording the supporting connection for the forward part of said frame, S, the counter shaft, L, journaled in this frame, S, and geared to the rear wheel axle, a motor mounted on the vehicle and geared to said shaft, K, andshiftable gearing between shafts, K and L, substantially as, described.

' 16. In a motor propelled carriage, in comblnation, the running gear frameand body spring supported therefrom, the frameQT, depending below the body, with the motor driven transverse shaft, J, provided with the bevel gear wheel,N, thereon, and having the standard, T the frame, S, at its rear hung upon the rear wheel axle, and having the counter shaft, L, journaled therein which is bevel geared to the,axle and havingthe stan dards, S, S, in which is journaled the shaft, K, a collar,.or strap, loosely surrounding this shaft and having a transverse stemwhich has a rocking bearing-support in a. journal of. the

' said standard, T, one or more bevel gears on shiftable driving said shafg'K', in mesh with the' cross shaft gear, N, siziftable gearing on and between said shafts, KandL, and means for controlling same, substantially as described.

17. Inc. road vehicle, the combination with gearing and'the cam bar, R,

. for elfectiog the shipping of the gearing, of a handle lever at the front of the vehicle pivot- -ally mounted and mediums of connection between it and the said bar whereby on swinging the lever, the bar will be duly moved,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

18. he road vehicle, the combination with the steeringwheel or wheels, of a steering-post havinga rotational movement and a medium ofconnection between it and said wheels, and a shiftable driving gearingfor the vehicle, and

'mechanism for shipping same, ally mounted on the steering ing connection with the a lever pivotpost, and havshipper mechanism whereby upon the swinging, of said .leverinl one plane itwill move independently of the postto' control the driving swinging thereof in another planewillinsure the t n of erin post, substantially asdescribed. r

19. Ina road vehicle,

clutch, mechanism for gearing while the thecombination with shiftabledriving gearing and shipper,- or

thereof, and the reciprocatory cam bar, R, for

effecting the operations of the shipper mechanism substantially as described, of a lever in engagement with said bar, and an angle I lever at the front of the vehicle and connecting rods for imparting the movement to the former lever from the latter, a support at the front upper part ofthe machine and a handle lever thereon, and a connecting or.thrust-rod between this handlelever and an arm of the said angle lever, substantially as described.

20. The combination with the cam-bar, R,

lever, u, and angle lever, U, and connections between said lovers of the tubular rotatable steering post at the-front of the vehicle having the rearwardly'extcnded arm, 7 the bandie lever, w, intermediately thereof pivot-ally mounted on said arm, and the connecting rod, 11, secured to an arm of the handle lever and which is extended down within the steering' post and having the offset portion, '0 which is extended transversely through an opening in the side of the steering post and conuected by its lower end to an arm of the angle lever, U, substantially as described.

21. In. a motor propelled vehicle, the combination with the frame,-S',on which is mounted the shiftable driving gear substantially as de scribed,and which has the upwardly extended and between, said arms, and havingthe angular shipper levers pivotally mounted there on, and the cam bar longitudinally guided with-in members which are provided therefor on said arms, and having cam surfaces on their underedges, and the bar, s, extending between said arms above bar,Q, and having secured thereto the ends of springs which are also connected to, the-shipperdevers, substantially as described.

. CHARLES DURYEA. rW'itnesses: 1' 4 F;S.-BEA.VIs,

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